Bright Eyes Anti-Arizona Song Due

"Coyote Song" recorded for boycott organization.

As previously reported, the Sound Strike is a coalition of artists who are boycotting Arizona after it passed the controversial SB 1070 bill, which gives the police broad power to detain people suspected to be in the country illegally. Rage Against the Machine's Zack De La Rocha helped organize the Sound Strike, and the acts signed up include Kanye West, Sonic Youth, and Conor Oberst. Now, as TwentyFourBit points out, Oberst has recorded a new track called "Coyote Song" specifically for Sound Strike. And we can confirm that it will indeed be credited to Bright Eyes.

According to an explanatory video starring Oberst, which you can watch below, the song's video was recently shot on the U.S.-Mexico border. The track will be offered on the Sound Strike website, though there's no info as to when or how it will be released yet. Oberst says that it's a "love song" about a couple separated by the border.